What is the ruling on lighting fires at 'Arafah?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The Shaykh al-Islam mentioned in ... that lighting fires at 'Arafah is a religious innovation.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Lighting fires.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is meant?
The Shaykh : In the past, they would light candles, saying that this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : ... at 'Arafah.
The Shaykh : No, no, at 'Arafah they light them just as they light candles at Muzdalifah. Lighting fires at Muzdalifah is not a religious innovation, and there is a benefit in it: people know the location of the rites and head toward the lights. But at 'Arafah, people are departing, so it is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Is it during the day or after sunset?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: Is it during the day or after sunset?
The Shaykh : No, no, after sunset, after sunset, here, and it is gathering for dhikr and supplication on the last day of 'Arafah, imitating the pilgrims. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Lighting fires.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : What is meant?
The Shaykh : In the past, they would light candles, saying that this is a religious innovation.
The questioner : ... at 'Arafah.
The Shaykh : No, no, at 'Arafah they light them just as they light candles at Muzdalifah. Lighting fires at Muzdalifah is not a religious innovation, and there is a benefit in it: people know the location of the rites and head toward the lights. But at 'Arafah, people are departing, so it is a religious innovation.
The questioner : Is it during the day or after sunset?
The Shaykh : Ah?
The reader: Is it during the day or after sunset?
The Shaykh : No, no, after sunset, after sunset, here, and it is gathering for dhikr and supplication on the last day of 'Arafah, imitating the pilgrims. Yes.